Production Engineer - Database Operations
This engineer automates deployment and operation of production databases, manages migrations, improves reliability, and participates in incident response and on-call rotations. The role requires programming experience, cloud and orchestration expertise, database knowledge, and a strong Linux foundation.
About the job
Responsibilities
- Build software that automates the routine work of deploying and running production databases.
- Participate in regular on-call rotations.
- Troubleshoot, diagnose, and remediate stability and reliability issues in production database systems.
- Participate in post-incident reviews and own follow-up actions.
- Identify patterns across incidents, support tickets, and alerts and translate them into proposals for systemic fleet improvements.
- Manage and execute large-scale migrations of the database fleet.
- Partner with customer-facing teams during incidents and when setting up new database installations.
- Work with database engineering and infrastructure teams to build resilient, highly available database systems.
- Invest in documentation, metrics, monitors, and troubleshooting tools.
- Maintain engineering and operational standards through code reviews, design reviews, and feedback on operating procedures.
- Build and share expertise in production systems and technologies such as Kubernetes, cloud environments, Cassandra, and Elasticsearch.
Requirements
- Engineering background in Computer Science, Mathematics, Software Engineering, Physics, or a similar field.
- Experience writing code in languages such as Java, Python, and Go, through professional work or personal projects.
- Experience with cloud and orchestration technologies such as Kubernetes, Helm, AWS, Google Cloud, Azure, and OpenShift.
- Experience with database technologies such as Cassandra, Elasticsearch, and Kafka.
- Solid foundation in Linux and distributed web services.
- Familiarity with observability tools such as Grafana and Prometheus.
- Strong written and verbal communication skills, with the ability to iterate quickly with teammates and incorporate feedback.
Skills
Java, Python, Go, Kubernetes, Helm, AWS, GCP, Azure, Openshift, Cassandra, Elasticsearch, Kafka, Linux, Grafana, Prometheus
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